Flowers for Algernon Summary

Originally published as a short story in 1958, Flowers for Algernon appeared as a full-length novel in 1966 and has remained a critical and popular success. The novel is told as a series of "Progress Reports" written by Charlie Gordon, a thirty-two-year-old man whose Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of 68 is tripled by an experimental surgical procedure. Unfortunately, the effects of the operation wear off after several months, and at the end of the novel Charlie is...

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Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes - 1966
Introduction
Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes&#x0027;s best-known novel, has remained in print continuously since it was first published in the 1960s. Cons...
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Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
Born in 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, Daniel Keyes attained critical success with the publication of the short story "Flowers for Algernon" (1959), which was quic...
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What if you could volunteer to take part in an experiment that would triple your intelligence level? How would your new ability affect your relationships to other people and your feelings about yourse...
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Essays & Analysis (13)

People are cruel. In particular many people will ridicule, tease, hurt, and use less fortunate people as objects of their fun and meanness. In this remarkable story "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Ke...
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I recently read a short story called "Flowers for Algernon" written by Daniel Keyes in which the author attempts to build up the reader's sympathy for the main character, Charlie Gordon.
The story ...
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Flowers for Algernon is a book by Daniel Keys about a mentally ill 38-year-old man whose name is Charlie. He goes to The Beekman School for Mentally Retarded Adults and has an I.Q. of 70. His teacher'...
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In the story "Flowers for Algernon", the main character Charlie Gordon has an operation that triples his IQ from sixty-eight to 204. At the end of the story Charlie's IQ returns to sixty-eight. T...
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The closely linked parallels between movies and novels provide readers
with an alternate perspective to the view, emotions, and values of certain
characters. We see this parallel portrayed betw...
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Both "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes and "Hoods I have known", written by Sonara Spatt are short stories, which in hold two main characters that get to live in a different life style for a shor...
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In the novel Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, Charlie has much growth after the operation. One of the many mental and physical growths he collected was emotion. I noticed that as soon as Charli...
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Intelligence is something that has always been valued, and highly respected, as far back as records go. It is often thought being intelligent means that you are the most insightful, successful, and p...
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Behind the eyes of a thirty-two year old man, sitting in a bakery skimming through pictures of his only comic books that he looks over day in and day out is someone different then others. He is someo...
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The novel Flowers for Algernon is a short story, about the highs and lows of a mentally hinder man, who struggles in the everyday life in society. Until he is approached by Professor Nemur, and Dr. St...
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The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. In that case Flowers for Algernon must be a great book because this book has a endless amount of life lessons to offer. L...
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The Role of Women- Flowers for Algernon
The role of women in Daniel Keyes Flowers for Algernon makes the women out to be uncaring, and inferior as people. Rose Gordon is a woman who cares for her ch...
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The movie "Flowers for Algernon" is a very touching movie in many different aspects. It all started with the birth of a boy named Charlie Gordon. But, Charlie was not like the average young boy...
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Free Book Notes (1)

Flowers for Algernon Book Notes is a free study guide on Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Browse the summary below:
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